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NPC EWar Stronger than Before?
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Tristan O'Connor
Red Pegasus Fleet
#1 - 2011-12-01 05:44:08 UTC
Is it just me, or is the EWar capability of the various mission NPC's much stronger than it used to be?

I was in a L4 shooting some Serpentis, and I was being sensor dampened by 6 of them at any given point in time; my lock range dropped from over 120km down to 8km...and that is with a Targeting Range script loaded into my T2 Sensor Booster. Even then, my lock time on one of the Squad Leader battlecruisers was over 120 seconds.

While it was pretty funny, I can't help but wonder if NPC's got a massive boost to their EWar capabilities since I resubbed. Or, perhaps this was just an odd situation, and not likely to occur again.

Anyone else see anything like this? Or is my memory just that bad?
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#2 - 2011-12-01 06:09:36 UTC
Tristan O'Connor wrote:
Is it just me, or is the EWar capability of the various mission NPC's much stronger than it used to be?

I was in a L4 shooting some Serpentis, and I was being sensor dampened by 6 of them at any given point in time; my lock range dropped from over 120km down to 8km...and that is with a Targeting Range script loaded into my T2 Sensor Booster. Even then, my lock time on one of the Squad Leader battlecruisers was over 120 seconds.

While it was pretty funny, I can't help but wonder if NPC's got a massive boost to their EWar capabilities since I resubbed. Or, perhaps this was just an odd situation, and not likely to occur again.

Anyone else see anything like this? Or is my memory just that bad?


Let me guess: Blockade, second wave?

No change. It's always been that way.
Tristan O'Connor
Red Pegasus Fleet
#3 - 2011-12-01 06:18:57 UTC
LOL Yeah, that was it. I was laughing my ass off, because it just felt sofa king wetoddit. I got sick of waiting for them to get closer, so I activated my tank, got up and made/ate dinner, and just kept an ear open for the low-shield squeal. Came back, almost everything was within 8km, so the kiling commenced, lol.

Thanks for the reply, though...been a while since I ran missions. Smile
Kaanchana
Tax-haven
#4 - 2011-12-01 14:08:19 UTC
you should try running sansha blockade with a turret ship then.. Big smile
Caellach Marellus
Stormcrows
#5 - 2011-12-01 17:17:32 UTC
I've had the complete opposite with Sensor damps this expansion. Serp ships can't reduce my targeting range with 3 damps beyond 45km.

And I'm in a SeBo less Machariel that can't target beyond 78km unhindered. SD's seem to be nerfed, along with Cartel's ability to target this expansion, hoping it gets looked at.

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Le'Mon Tichim
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2011-12-01 19:34:27 UTC
Kaanchana wrote:
you should try running sansha blockade with a turret ship then.. Big smile



Don't even joke about that.

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Goose99
#7 - 2011-12-01 19:42:38 UTC
It lengthens mission completion time and make rewards higher for fast, hml Tengu carebears.Bear
Ireland VonVicious
Vicious Trading Company
#8 - 2011-12-01 21:10:25 UTC
This thread is why I love using a rattlesnake.

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Linda Shadowborn
Dark Steel Industries
#9 - 2011-12-02 04:15:56 UTC
Le'Mon Tichim wrote:
Kaanchana wrote:
you should try running sansha blockade with a turret ship then.. Big smile



Don't even joke about that.


Actually it is only one of the waves i hate in my nightmare, the one with several elite cruisers that TD you. if i primary them asap it is easy, but if they get to close i cant kill them and have to warp out and back in.
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#10 - 2011-12-02 07:57:18 UTC
I, too, have noticed that Onyxia is deep breathing more since the last patch!

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Caellach Marellus
Stormcrows
#11 - 2011-12-02 16:02:47 UTC
Mara Rinn wrote:
I, too, have noticed that Onyxia is deep breathing more since the last patch!


I feel ashamed to understand that joke.

After further testing of the Serp SD's (running the Assault L4 several times) and comparing them to the generic NPCs in the Gallente Epic Arc, Serp SD's have definately been weakened this expansion.

3 SDs from Serps on my Mach will reduce to 45km
3 SDs from Lustadors will reduces to roughly 15-18km, the same as Serps were doing pre patch.


Oh and the Cartel still can't hit a barn door if it's further than 8km away.

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BIGTEX123
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#12 - 2012-02-19 01:11:04 UTC
I recently started playing again too and it does seem that their dampening has gotten stronger even on other missions than Blockade.
Fronkfurter McSheebleton
Horse Feathers
CAStabouts
#13 - 2012-02-19 20:44:08 UTC
I usually just use a sebo'd blaster/mwd battleship and semi-afk that one...approach and lock, murder it once you get a lock, repeat

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Scien Inkunen
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#14 - 2012-02-20 14:08:56 UTC
FoF.

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Cyniac
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2012-02-20 15:55:29 UTC
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BleedingAngl
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#16 - 2012-02-22 02:50:14 UTC
It seems to have gone back to the strength that it used before ccp 'fixed' it

Guristas jamming in amarr space seems to be worse than usual
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ButtChugger
Federal Defense Union
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2012-02-22 03:08:29 UTC
bro ecm is teh most overpowerd cray cray eva its why all caldari playas shud be band 4 cheatin I got jamd an I cudnt lock nutin. ban caldari!

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